Rachel, I see two of the same lesson plans for Topic Sentences. Did you mean to upload two different plans? Also, I like your smartboard slides, and just want to make sure you really highlight how you take short phrases to hold your ideas for longer sentences. I think the kids really need to better understand this.
COLLIER & COLLIER: My Brother Sam is Dead
drafts Rachel, This looks good. I want to talk with you about scheduling and pacing of the lessons. I am going to give you 2 groups to work in this text. Each group will have 4 students, and all of these students are on level readers. They can all be pushed, and we'll use this reading experience to push them.We'll look at specifics tomorrow and Tuesday. They will start this tomorrow morning (Monday).
Rachel, this poem is great, and you did a really nice job with planning vocabulary in a solid "Tier 2"
cycle. Your slides are wonderful. You have contextualized the words within the poem, and then placed the words into different but familiar contexts for the students. One step you might want to consider is how the students try the words in their own sentences (orally). You will want to think about how you break the lesson up and carry it out across several days. In terms of time, give yourself no more than 10 minutes per day. Well done!
"March" by John Updike
I just had a change of hear about day 2! It looks fine. I think they have had enough work with these poems to get into fluent reading sooner.
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Hi Maureen! Thanks for the feedback. I collected a few nautical images to help with O Captain! I love the visuals!
Reading Workshop
Writing
Guided Reading Materials/Drafts
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger GamesCOLLIER & COLLIER: My Brother Sam is Dead
drafts
Rachel,
This looks good. I want to talk with you about scheduling and pacing of the lessons. I am going to give you 2 groups to work in this text. Each group will have 4 students, and all of these students are on level readers. They can all be pushed, and we'll use this reading experience to push them. We'll look at specifics tomorrow and Tuesday. They will start this tomorrow morning (Monday).
Good scene for understanding old-fashioned battle formations/the proximity of battlefields to private homes (gets way too graphic at the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFTcrbRyEM&feature=related
Good montage for understanding "skirmishes"/ambushes/Rebel guerilla tactics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQYkIlSx0yg&feature=related
AVI: Something Upstairs
IRAs
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp StrideA Nation's Hope
Marian vocab, etc.
IRA draft for Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
IRA draft for Words Set Me Free.
Shared Reading
cycle. Your slides are wonderful. You have contextualized the words within the poem, and then placed the words into different but familiar contexts for the students. One step you might want to consider is how the students try the words in their own sentences (orally). You will want to think about how you break the lesson up and carry it out across several days. In terms of time, give yourself no more than 10 minutes per day. Well done!
Shade, Water by Tracy K Smith"March" by John Updike
I just had a change of hear about day 2!
It looks fine. I think they have had enough work with these poems to get into fluent reading sooner.
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Hi Maureen! Thanks for the feedback. I collected a few nautical images to help with O Captain!
I love the visuals!
Shared Reading Outline: Harriet Tubman, by Eloise Greenfield
Misc.